Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 15:50 +0100, Alex Jones wrote: > > > On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 09:24 +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote: > > Especially nowadays with terabyte disks coming out and hitting the > > consumer market, there is *no place* for 10% of ambiguity. > > > a) terabyte disks are often just that, 1x10^12 bytes. > > b) quoting the disk as 1TB guarantees that you have at least 1x10^12 > bytes available.
Exactly. So when software quotes a file size in terms of TB, when it actually means TiB, the ambiguity is significant. -- \ "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though | `\ nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is." -- | _o__) Albert Einstein | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
